Randolph County AlArchives Cemeteries.....Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, African American - Complete Survey ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Marilyn Girardi mmgir@aol.com Linda Ayres WwLSARANDOLPH@aol.com Updated March 2010 BETHLEHEM PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY-African American Township 21, Range 11, Section 17 Randolph County, Alabama One and one-half mile west of Level Roads on County Road 26 Surveyed November 25, 1990 by Dianne Herren and with her permission of August 27, 2000 to post to the Archives. Submitted by Marilyn M. Girardi MMGir@aol.com Update 2010: Additional information enclosed in [brackets]; (Parenthesis) or “quotes” indicate info found on markers. Includes Death Records by Linda Ayres and transcription of markers from pictures taken in July 2008 by William Fischer, Jr. which can be found at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/randolph/photos/tombstones/bethlehembaptist/bethlehembapt.htm Allen, James H. Feb 06, 1942 Jul 17, 1989 “Loving Memories” Allen, Walter Lewis (US ARMY Vietnam) Jan 01, 1945 Aug 09, 1989 Woodgett, Spencer E. Sep 23, 1948 Jan 15, 1973 [S/o Clinton Woodgett Sr. & Lavada Heath] (AL SGT US ARMY Vietnam) Finch, Henry Buster Oct 28, 1910 Jan 09, 1977 (TEC 4 US ARMY World War II) Sterling, Dewey 1908 -- 1970 [S/o Wade Sterling & Lucy Banks] Sterling, Izora 1911 -- 1970 [D/o Miles Hill & Mary Lee Johnson] O'Neal, Willie L. Oct 25, 1885 Oct 25, 1960 [S/o J. L. & Mary O’Neal] Sterling, Wyatt Jun 18, 1893 Sep 07, 1970 [S/o Charles Sterling & Tempie Reed] (Alabama PVT US ARMY World War I) Johnson, Joseph ‘Joe’ 1902 -- 1971 [S/o Aleck Johnson & Tempie Scales Robinson] Sterling, Lillie Mae Davenport Johnson (PX) May 22, 1902 Aug 27, 1993 [D/o Manuel Davenport & Cynthia Hill; W/o Joseph Johnson] O'Neal, Carl Lee (PVT US ARMY) Jan 15, 1931 Nov 30, 1974 [S/o Willie O’Neal & Fannie Davenport] Heard, Elvira Jun 13, 1915 Nov 14, 1986 Marable, Barbara L. Aug 23, 1948 Apr 04, 1987 [Barbara L. Heard] “We Love You – Only Sleeping” Heard, James Calvin (SP4 US ARMY Vietnam) Nov 26, 1951 Aug 08, 1982 Heard, Clayton Pierce Sep 09, 1923 Dec 17, 1980 [S/o Clayton Heard & Martha O’Neal; (SI US NAVY World War II) h/o Nellie Mae Byrdsong 14 May 1930-16 May 1978] Davenport, Willie C. Oct 29, 1906 Aug 16, 1958 [S/o Manuel & Florence Davenport] Heath, Bell Jul 18, 1894 Nov 16, 1958 (Alabama PVT 528 SVC BN ENGR CORPS World War I) Allen, Walter L. Jan 01, 1945 Aug 09, 1989 (Above data sealed in jar of chips at head of grave) Johnson, James (US ARMY World War II) May 09, 1909 Dec 03, 1985 Mathis, Mrs. Mary Ethel OD Dec 13, 1973 Birdsong, Josephine 1886 -- 1970 [D/o Joe Birdsong & Matilda Nixon; W/o Gus Birdsong] Potter, Sam Henry Houston Feb 18, 1918 Jul 21, 1972 Stevens, Jerry, Jr. Aug 23, 1918 Feb 04, 1919 Treadwell, Howard (AL PVT 327 SERV BN) [Oct 08, 1893] May 10, 1941 [S/o Mark Treadwell & Hattie Pinkard; H/o Amanda Shackleford] Bailey, Olin (AL CPL US ARMY WWI) Jun 30, 1891 Jan 06, 1960 [S/o Jim Bailey & Mary Daniel] [Bailey, Ocie Mae Mar 22, 1911 Aug 29, 1999] Stevens, Roy M. Oct 28, 1918 Feb 08, 1942 Birdsong, A.C. 1868 Sep 13, 1918 Birdsong, Wylee April 1905 April 1948 Heflin, Susie Jan 01, 1867 Jan 1933 [Susan Mae, d/o Morris Marable & Julia Brooks] Heflin, B.J. Apr 07, 1858 Sep 1911 [Benjamin J. s/o Jessy Heflin] Fielder, Laura Watts 1837 -- 1922 “She hath done what she could” Huston, Henry Aug 1889 Mar 29, 1947 [Houston} O’Neal, James M. “Asleep in Jesus” Feb 10, 1870 Jan 18, 1948 [S/o Emanuel & Martha O’Neal] O’Neal, Ida Fielder (Mother) Sep 15, 1876 [D/o Edward Fielder & L.A.M.] “A tender Mother and faithful friend” Johnson, James Awbrey Sep 05, 1909 Feb 13, 1967 [S/o Benjamin Thos Johnson & Judy Ann Heflin] Johnson, Georgia Ann May 01, 1919 Apr 14, 1994 [Georgia Ann Tolbert] Trammell, Susan (Age 85 years) Died Jul 08, 1910 [W/o Henry Trammell] “She hath done what she could” Pinkard, J.F. Oct 08, 1880 Jan 12, 1942 Hill, Mallisa 1870 Mar 02, 1954 [D/o Jim & Martha Potter; W/o Alonzo Hill] Davenport, Albert [PX] Jul 23, 1908 Jul 30, 1961 [S/o Neal & Buelah Davenport] (AL PVT CO A 369 INFANTRY WWII) Davenport, Bessie L. [PX] Jan 27, 1908 July 1986 Houston, Almar D. (Mother) Jul 21, 1893 Nov 17, 1940 Houston, Tom L. (PVT US ARMY WWII) 1920 -- 1979 Hill, Eld. J.A. Jan 03, 1872 Jan 22, 1954 [S/o Alfred Hill & Martha Willis] Hill, Mollie Jul 19, 1875 May 09, 1975 Potter, Willie Feb 22, 1945 Aug 13, 1958 [S/o Sam Potter & Emma Smith] Eubanks, Infant Eddie Joe, Jr. Nov 14, 1979 Nov 14, 1979 Eubanks, Infant Joe Eddie Nov 14, 1979 Nov 14, 1979 (Roscoe Jenkins Funeral Home, Newnan, Georgia) ***** TRANSCRIPTION OF 2008 PICS BY WILLIAM FISCHER, JR. AT BETHLEHEM PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CH CEM: (Placement unknown) Allen, James H. Feb 06, 1942 Jul 17, 1989 “Loving Memories” Allen, Walter Dec 08, 1904 Jun 05, 1974 “In Loving Memory” Allen, Amanda ‘Mandy’ Jun 29, 1906 Apr 05, 1998 Allen, Walter Lewis Jan 01, 1945 Aug 09, 1989 (US Army Vietnam) Allen, Willie Herman Sep 21, 1923 Nov 06, 1968 (AS US Navy WWII) “Beloved Brother” Bailey, Olin Jun 30, 1891 Jan 06, 1960 (CPL US Army WWI) Birdsong, Arlinia W. Apr 02, 1911 Sep 14, 1988 “Rest in peace” Birdsong, Joe 1942 -- 1943 Birdsong, Jack 1940 -- 1943 Birdsong, Robert B. [Nov 28]1900 1981 [S/o Joseph D. Birdsong & Matilda E. ‘Tillie’ Hall; Husband of Pinkie Woodgett] Birdsong, A. C. 1868 Sep 13, 1918 [Or Sep 15, 1918] Birdsong, Wiley April 1905 April 1948 Byrdsong, Jack [Mar 27]1932 [Jan 10]1996 [Andrew Jackson Byrdsong] Byrdsong, Josephine 1886 -- 1970 Byrdsong, Junior 1949 -- 1983 Byrdsong, Lula Bell 1904 -- 1988 Byrdsong, Vicie 1912 -- 1997 Capers, James Jan 29, 1957 Feb 12, 2007 Curry, Donna No Dates Curry, Leonia Mar 24, 1936 May 07, 1976 Davenport, Albert Jul 20, 1908 Jul 30, 1961 Davenport, Bessie L. “At Rest” Jan 27, 1908 July 1986 "God needed another Angel, To worship before His Throne So, He looked down from Heaven And called our loved one Home." Davenport, Willie C. Oct 29, 1900 Aug 16, 1958 Fielder, Laura Watts 1837 -- 1922 “She hath done what she could” Finch, Henry Buster Oct 28, 1910 Jan 09, 1977 (TEC4 US ARMY WWIIaaaa) Finch, Jewel Jun 02, 1917 Sep 25, 1980 Heard, Clayton Pierce Sep 09, 1923 Dec 17, 1980 (S1 US Navy WWII) Heard, Dorothy Jean Jan 01, 1941 May 01, 1997 [D/o Floyd & Pauline Capers; w/o Robert Lester Heard] Heard, Elvira Jun 13, 1915 Nov 14, 1986 Heard, Felton Sep 03, 1912 Jan 30, 1998 (US Army WWII) Heard, James Calvin Nov 26, 1951 Aug 08, 1982 (SP4 US ARMY VIETNAM) Heard, Nellie B. 1930 -- 1978 Heath, Bell Jul 18, 1894 Nov 16, 1958 (PVT 528 5VC BN ENGR CORPS WWI) Heath, Doc Jun 16, 1865 Feb 02, 1943 Heath, Mary L. Jun 16, 1885 Apr 04, 1973 Heflin, Benjamin Apr 07, 1858 Sep [13]1911 Heflin, Susie Jan 01, 1967 January 1933 Hill, Baby No Dates (Parents Inez & Johnnie Hill) Hill, David S. Sep 08, 1923 Jun 10, 2004 Hill, Eld. J.A. Jan 03, 1872 Jan 22, 1954 [James A. Hill] Hill, James W. Apr 02, 1909 Mar 06, 1983 “Loving Memory-Your Family” Hill, Mallisa Born 1870 Died 3.2.1854 Hill, Miles Aug 24, 1878 Nov 18, 1926 Hill, Mollie Jul 19, 1875 May 09, 1975 Hill, William Mar 24, 1913 Sep 29, 1973 Houston, Almar D. Jul 21, 1893 Nov 17, 1940 Houston, Tom L. 1926 -- 1979 (PVT US ARMY WWII) Houston, William Jack Feb 12, 1924 Aug 14, 1992 (US MARINE CORPS WWII) Huston, Henry August 1889 Mar 29, 1947 Johnson, Benjamin (Bud) May 08, 1880 Feb 09, 1965 Johnson, Georgia Ann May 01, 1919 Apr 14, 1994 Johnson, James Awbrey Sep 05, 1909 Feb 18, 1967 Johnson, Huey L. (Bunch) Mar 17, 1929 May 13, 1998 “In Memory Of” “Sunrise – Sunset” Johnson, James May 09, 1909 Dec 03, 1985 (US ARMY WWII) Johnson, Jessie Lee Sep 05, 1930 Jun 06, 1975 “In Memory of Our Father” “Sun Rise – Sun Set” Johnson, Joseph (Joe) 1902 –- 1971 Johnson, Judy Heflin Jan 28, 1887 Feb 23, 1953 Johnson, Maria Yvette Oct 09, 1959 Mar 21, 1962 Johnson, McKinley Oct 15, 1930 Dec 15, 2001 (SGT US ARMY KOREA) Johnson, Patrick Mar 26, 1975 Jun 12, 1993 “Loving Memory” Knight, Ada No Dates Marable, Barbara L. Aug 23, 1948 Apr 04, 1987 “We Love You – Only Sleeping” Mathis, Mrs. Mary Ethel [Jul 2, 1938] Dec 13, 1973 (Top of marker “Hanley”) Moore, Bernice Oct 27, 1909 Oct ll, 1943 O’Neal, Carl Lee Jan 15, 1931 Nov 30, 1974 (PVT US ARMY) O’Neal, James M. Feb 10, 1870 Jan 18, 1948 “Asleep in Jesus” O’Neal, Ila Fielder Sep 15, 1876 (Only Date) “A tender mother and a faithful friend” O’Neal, Willie I. Oct 25, 1885 Oct 25, 1960 Pinkard, J. F. Oct 08, 1880 Jan 12, 1942 [J. Frank Pinkard] Potter, John Frank Aug 11, 1922 Aug 07, 1993 “Loving Father” Potter, Sam Henry Houston Feb 18, 1918 Jul 21, 1972 Potter, Sam No Dates Potter, William No Dates Potter, Willie Feb 22, 1945 Aug 13, 1958 Sterling, Dewey Nov 09, 1909 Oct 27, 1970 Sterling, Izora Oct 02, 1911 Jul 27, 1970 Sterling, Lillie Mae Davenport Johnson May 22, 1902 Aug 27, 1993 Sterling, Wyatt No Dates (Alabama Pvt US Army) Stevens, Jerry Jr. Aug 23, 1918 Feb 04, 1919 Stevens, Roy M. Oct 28, 1918 Feb 08, 1942 Thomas, Lena Dell Treadwell Feb 04, 1916 Mar 22, 1951 Trammell, Annie R. Birdsong Apr 06, 1927 Jun 13, 1999 Trammell, Susan Age 85 years Jul 08, 1910 “She hath done what she could” Walker, Agnes May 16, 1919 Mar 04, 1989 Woodgett, Jerry Aug 13, 1953 Nov 28, 1976 Woodgett, Jimmie L. Apr 30, 1917 May 12, 1998 Woodgett, Addie L. May 02, 1919 Aug 03, 2000 “Precious Memories” Woodgett, Jimmie Lee Apr 30, 1917 May 12, 1998 (TEC 5 US ARMY WWII) Woodgett, Lavada Aug 24, 1928 Mar 15, 1972 Woodgett, Leon E. 1927 -- 1982 Woodgett, Spencer E. Sep 23, 1948 Jan 15, 1973 (Alabama SGT US ARMY VIETNAM) Yates, Agatha Apr 29, 1915 May 19, 2005 ****** ALABAMA DEATH CERTIFICATES CONFIRM BURIALS AT BETHLEHEM, WADLEY AL: Bassett, Lillie 1900 -- 1926 [D/o Mark Treadwell & Hattie Pinkard] Birdsong, Ada May 20, 1921 Dec 17, 1923 [D/o Gus Birdsong & Josie-] Birdsong, Homer 1913 -- 1914 [S/o Gus Birdsong & Josephine-] Bowling, Jeff Jr. Mar 04, 1926 [S/o Jeff Bowling & Mary Birdsong] Burroughs, Hattie 1902 -- 1914 [D/o John & Margaret Burroughs] Davenport, Manuel 1901 -- 1937 [S/o Manuel Davenport & Cynthia Hill; H/o Pearl O’Neal] Davenport, Cynthia 1876 -- 1966 [D/o Miles Hill] Davenport, Manuel Jul 14, 1880 Apr 06, 1935 [S/o Wilburn Davenport & Fannie Hill] Davenport, Infant Born & Died Oct 19, 1920 [S/o Neal Davenport & Beulah Goiter] Goiter, J. 1852 -- 1932 [H/o Georgia Ann-] Hall, Willie 1904 -- 1931 [S/o Henry Hall & Ella Williams] Heath, Keziah Nov 07, 1922 Sep 29, 1923 [D/o Bill Heath & Viola Walker] Heath, Joseph 1846 -- 1922 [H/o Caldonia Lawson] Hill, Miles 1879 -- 1926 [S/o Miles Hill & Amanda Gotier; H/o Mary Johnson] Hill, Rufus 1914 -- 1934 [S/o Alonzo Hill & Melissa Potter] Hill, David 1906 -- 1918 [S/o Alonzo Hill & Melissa Potter] Hill, Fannie 1895 -- 1917 [D/o Alonzo Hill] Houston, Dora Jul 11, 1925 Jul 21, 1925 [D/o McKinley Houston & Pearl Davenport] Johnson, Barbarie 1857 -- 1914 Johnson, Willie 1935 -- 1937 [S/o Charles Johnson & Eula Kidd] Potter, Sam 1892 -- 1963 [S/o James Potter & Harriett Sterling; H/o Emma Smith] Pool, Fannie 1860 -- 1930 Terrell, Verda 1915 -- 1916 [D/o S.T. Terrell] Terrell, James Born & Died 1914 [S/o Jack & Georgia Terrell] Terrell, Gada 1900 -- 1916 Trammell, John 1860 -- 1941 [S/o Henry & Susan Trammell] Trammell, Celia Birdsong 1869 -- 1958 [Wife of John Trammell] Treadwell, Susie 1901 -- 1926 [D/o Mark Treadwell & Hattie Pinkard] Treadwell, Oscar 1904 -- 1928 [S/o Mark Treadwell & Hattie Pinkard] Treadwell, Jack 1927 -- 1928 [S/o Jack Treadwell & Susie Birdsong] Treadwell, Lewis 1898 -- 1925 [S/o Mark Treadwell & Hattie Pinkard] Treadwell, John Jul 05, 1907 Apr 09, 1930 [S/o Mark Treadwell & Hattie Pinkard; H/o Willie Minniefield] POSSIBLE UNMARKED GRAVES: Treadwell, Mark Treadwell, Hattie Pinkard *************** OBITS LISTING AA BETHLEHEM PRIMITIVE BAP CH CEM AS BURIAL SITE FOR: Note: Some might be for Bethlehem, Standing Rock, Chambers Co, AL. ALLEN, Amanda G. “Mandy”, 91, of Wadley; died Apr 5, 1998 at Randolph County Hospital, Roanoke. ANDERSON, Augustina, 51, of Roanoke; died Nov 5, 1997 at her residence. BYRDSONG, Andrew Jackson ‘Jack’, 63, of Wadley; d Jan 10, 1996 at his residence; survived by his wife, Mrs. Betty Byrdsong of Miami, Fla, and his mother Mrs. Pinkie Byrdsong of Wadley. [Has a marker which reads “Jack Byrdsong 1932-1996”] BYRDSONG, George Douglas, 64, of 1201 County Road 864, Wadley; b 1945; d Aug 14, 2009 at his residence; s/o Robert Byrdsong & Pinkey Woodgett; survived by his mother, Pinkey Woodgett Byrdson of Wadley. CAPERS, James E., 50 of Atlanta; d. Feb 12, 2007 at Grady Mem Hosp, Atlanta; survived by his wife, Teresa Tucker Capers of Atlanta; preceded in death by his mother, Dorothy Jean Capers & his father, Doug Buchanon. [Has marker which reads: James Capers Jan 29 1957 – Feb 12 2007 “A Loving Husband” “Father” Cofield, Earnest Jr., 82, of Roanoke died Monday, April 14, 1994, at his residence. GOSS, Agnes Geneva Capers, 42, of Gladney Mill Road, Roanoke, died Wednesday morning, Oct. 6, 1993, at her residence; born August 8, 1951 in Roanoke, the daughter of Floyd and Willie Agnes Geneva Boyd Capers; Survivors include her husband, Johnny Goss. HEARD, Dorothy Jean, 56 of Roanoke; died May 1, 1997 at her residence in the Bacon Level community; preceded by parents, Floyd and Pauline Capers, step-mother, Willie Geneva Capers and her husband, Robert Lester Heard. [Has marker which reads: Dorothy Jean Heard Jan 1, 1941 – May 1, 1997 HILL, David Samuel, 80, of Wadley; b. Sep 8, 1923 in Randolph County; d. Jun 10, 2004 at E AL Med Ctr, Opelika. HOUSTON-KNIGHT, Mary June, 62, of Flowood, Michigan; d. Sep 18, 2005 at River Oaks Hospital, Jackson, Mississippi; A native of Randolph Co, AL; Has brothers with surnames of Battle, Marable & Marbury. Howard, Johnnie Ruth (ANNISTON) Johnnie Ruth Howare [sic], 71, of Anniston died Saturday, July 24, 1999. Funeral services will be Wednesday, July 28, at 2 p.m. at St. Paul Baptist Church, Roanoke, with burial in Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery(Possibly Standing Rock, Chambers Co, AL). Johnson, Georgia Ann (ROANOKE) Georgia Ann Johnson, 74, of Roanoke died suddenly on Thursday, April 14, 1994, at her residence. She was preceded in death by her husband, the late James Awbrey Johnson, in 1967. JOHNSON, Huey L. “Bunch”, 69, of Kansas City, Kan.; died May 13, 1998 at Ozawkie, Kan; survived by wife, Mary J. Johnson of Kansas City. JOHNSON, Patrick Wayne, 18, of Wadley; d. June 12, 1993 at his residence; survived by parents, Mr. & Mrs. Willie Searcy of Wedowee & Mr. & Mrs. James Johnosn Jr. of Dayton, Ohio, grandmother, Mrs. Mary L. Houston of Wedowee and fiancee, Ms. Tiffany Knight. JOHNSON, Samantha, 13, of 720 County Road 862, Wadley; d. Oct 6, 2004 at Randolph Med Ctr Roanoke; survived by mother, Juanita Johnson of Wadley, grandmothers, Christine Johnson of Wadley and Mollie O’Neal of Wedowee; preceded in death by her grandfathers, Kit Johnson and Carl O’Neal. MAGBY, Odie Stitt, 88, of Columbus, Ohio; b Nov 1, 1919 in Chambers County [AL] to Ambus and Ida Brady Stitt; d Oct 4, 2008 at Tuscany Gardens in Pataskala, OH; united in holy matrimony to Earnest W. Magby Sr; a faithful wife for 45 years. (Possibly Standing Rock, Chambers Co, AL). MARABLE, Charlie Arthur, 63, of Wadley; b Dec 5, 1945; d Dec 5, 2008 at his residence; s/o Arthur Marable and Alma Houston Marable; preceded in death by his wife, Barbara Heard Marable; survived by his father, Arthur Marable of Wedowee. O’NEAL, John Roger, 40 of Wadley; died Oct 6, 1997 at George H. Lanier Mem Hosp, Valley; survived by mother, Mrs. Mollie M. O’Neal of Wadley, and his grandmother, Mrs. Pinkie Byrdsong of Wadley. John Birdsong (John Dude) Potter, 69, of Wedowee died Saturday, Aug. 7, 1993, at Regional Medical Center, Montgomery; survived by his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Potter of Wedowee; born in Randolph County on Aug. 11, 1922. STERLING, Lillie Mae Davenport, 91, of Wedowee died Aug. 27, 1993 at Randolph County Hospital, Roanoke. THOMASON, Johnny Lewis, 67 of Heflin; d. Dec 17, 2002 at his residence; preceded in death by his mother, Mrs. Ocie Mae Bailey. TRAMMELL, Annie Ruth Byrdsong, 72, of Wadley died Jun 12, 1999 at Randolph County Hosp, Roanoke; survived by mother, Ms. Pinkie Byrdsong of Wadley. WOODGETT, Jimmie Lee, 81, of 980 County Rd 15, Wedowee; died May 12, 1998 at Wedowee Hospital; survived by wife, Addie Lucinda Woodgett of Wedowee; preceded by his parents, Rufus “Sunny Man” Woodgett and Mary Ella Woodgett. YATES, Agatha, 90, of Wadley; d. May 19, 2005 at Clay County Hospital, Ashland; preceded in death by husband, Winston Yates. 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